Need help on chkdsk for NT 4.0

[gunslingerone]

Currently using NT 4.0 on a WAN. Have noticed that we can no longer run chkdsk. Is there a work around for this, another command, and why would this happen if the original build allows us to run this? Have read the knowledge base on the Microsoft website, does not give a fix, just a status that says "this behavior by design" following is the posting....

PRB: Windows NT 4.0 CHKDSK Refuses to Check NTFS 3.0/3.1 Volumes
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0

This article was previously published under Q196707
SYMPTOMS
On a computer running Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 4 or later installed, Chkdsk.exe may not attempt to process NTFS 3.0/3.1 partitions. The user receives the following message that indicates that this version of Chkdsk.exe cannot be used to check a volume:

The type of file system is NTFS:
This NTFS volume was created or modified by a later version of Windows NT. This version of chkdsk cannot be run on this volume. You must boot the version of NT that created/modified this volume and run chkdsk from that installation.
CAUSE
New features of the NTFS 3.0/3.1 file system, which include disk quotas, encryption, reparse points, sparse files, and the Update Sequence Number (USN) journal would not be recognized by the Windows NT 4.0 version of Chkdsk.exe. Enabling the Windows NT 4.0 version of Chkdsk.exe to process the NTFS 3.0/3.1 volume could result in volume corruption. Therefore, the version of Chkdsk.exe supplied with Service Pack 4 has been modified to prevent the processing of NTFS volumes.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.

 

[wolluf]

Has 2k or XP been involved with the partition this NT is installed on? (are we talking one machine or many).

 

[gunslingerone]

This is across a network of 10000+ PC's. We always start with the same image as a master, this was created 4+ years ago. Other than the NT O/S, we only run 1 application. This is running a Kiosk on a Dialup WAN across the US. The only changes are the size of the HDD. We went from a 1.7G to a 4.3 to a 10 to a 20G HDD.

 

[DeezNs]

What service pack are you running on this build?

 

[gunslingerone]

SP5 on everything.